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WORLD FENCE NEWS • NOVEMBER 2013 • Dick Fiedler headed up some of California's largest industrial fence projects as chairman of Crown Fence Company Richard D. (Dick) Fiedler, 86, chairman of Crown Fence Company of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., passed away peacefully at his home on September 11, 2013. Mr. Fiedler remained active at the helm of Crown Fence until his death. Crown Fence is a major commercial and industrial fence contracting company, and is involved in hundreds of projects ranging from Dick Fiedler schools and parks to government contracts and large industrial jobs. Mr. Fiedler was responsible for bidding and landing a number of large solar projects in the Southern California desert, including the major Ivanpah solar electric generating facility in the California Mojave Desert near Las Vegas with general contractor Bechtel Corporation. It proved to be Crown Fence Company's largest project to date. The firm's previous largest project was furnishing and installing fencing for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. The project encompassed 15 training sites, all of the performance sites and three Olympic villages. Also of note is Crown Fence's construction of the 40-mile Metro Blue Line fencing from Long Beach to Los Angeles, for which the firm received the Les Grube Memorial Design Award from the Chain Link Fence Manufacturers Institute for the most unique chain link fencing project of the year. A lifelong resident of the Pasadena area, Mr. Fielder was born at Huntington Memorial Hospital on Nov. 10, 1926, the youngest of three children that included sister, Paula, and brother, Kern. All three siblings entered the family business, which was founded by Mr. Fiedler's father, Arthur, in 1923. He attended Pasadena schools throughout his youth and graduated from the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo, Calif. with a degree in marine navigation. Following college he joined the U.S. Navy and remained active in the Naval Reserve until 1966. In 1951 he married (the late) June Winslow and had three children, who were raised in Pasadena and later, in San Marino. In 1995, following the death of his wife, June, Mr. Fiedler married Joeann Harris, and continued to live in San Marino until moving to San Gabriel. In addition to Joeann, he is survived by his three children, Jenny Nicolaisen (Valencia), Julie Armstrong (Pacific Grove) and Eric Fiedler (Azusa) and six grandchildren, Kirsten and Kari Nicolaisen; Dana, Allison and Carly Armstrong; and Patrick Fiedler. Throughout his life, Mr. Fiedler was a generous contributor to the community. He joined Pasadena Rotary in 1969 and served as president in 198485. He was also a member of the Vestry at San Gabriel's Church of Our Savior and served on the board of Scripps Home in Pasadena. His enduring passion in life was theatrical music and he could recite, or sing, lyrics of Broadway musicals and memorable songs of the 40s and 50s. He was a founding member of the California Music Theater in Pasadena and a member of the Town Singers, a local group that performed in venues throughout the San Gabriel Valley. He was a member of the church choir at Church of Our Savior and traveled to Europe to sing in cathedrals throughout the U.K. He also enjoyed golfing and was a long time member of the San Gabriel Country Club. Southeast Access Technologies will service growing southeastern U.S. access control market continued from page 10 gate and access control industry, and is a Certified Automated Gate Operator Installer (CAGOI), a professional certification offered through the American Fence Association and recognized by the International Door Association and the Door and Access Systems Manufacturers Association. Ross is experienced in manufacturing, installation, service and wholesale distribution within the access control industry. Southeast Access Technologies serves the entire southeastern U.S. and is currently focusing on the new GSM (3G) technology telephone entry systems for residential and commercial applications. The facility has a complete showroom with working demonstration units. The company offers literature, technical support, system design, training, education, and ongoing support for dealers. For more information, contact the company at 770-609-1551. 37